Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change

Download or read book Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change written by Nadine Kammerlander and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. This book reveals crucial differences between the challenges that family-owned and managed firms face as compared to non-family firms. Series of case studies in the German retailing and book publishing industries illustrate those differences. Empirical evidence as presented in the book further shows how organizational identity affects whether and in what way firms adapt to radical shifts in their environment.